The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-18
TUCKER COUNTY.

ter about as It has done for the past hun
dted years, and as news there is nothing
but the ordinary occurrences Of the day.
The excitement due 10 the first murde,
trial We have ever had, is subsidipg. The
Jury in the case Of r. B. Joseph, returned
y verdict Of "guilty of voluntary man.
s!aughter;" but the verdict was immedi.
ately Get aside and new trial granted. A
change Of venue was also made to Barbou.
county, and the caeo will be tried there in
March next. The change was made be-
cause 1t was not believed that jury conld
DO obtained in this county. Our people
are somewhat remarkable in this respect.
No question can long be before the public
until almost every man in the county has
made up hin opinion concerning it, From
one end Of our county to tho other it is
doubtful twelve men can be found who
have not formed an opinion OF the merits
Of our late murder trial. sri
The reason why news and opinions be-.
come SO rapidly and thoroughly diasemiu.
ated among our people ia probably because
tho people Of Tucker county read more
newspapers, in proportion to the popula.
ton, than the people OF any other county
In the State. 1t Is claimed that the com.
bined circulation In the county Of our two
county papers, the Pioneer and Democrat,
is greater than the entire vote Of the
county. Besides this, outside newepspers
arc considerably read. And further, books
and Bibles havc been placed in almost
every house, il not every house, by book
agents and religious .colporteurs. So our
people have 10 want for reading material.
The next thing on the programme OF
noted occasions here is q revival meeting
soon to commence In St. George under the
management OF Miea Jennie Smith. The
friends OF religious reform here are look.
ing forward with earnest hope to the
meetings and the belief is general that
much good will result. ~. George has
oesn misrepresented by pereons who
either DO not understand US or who viii.
fully make US out worse than we are. Our
town his been charged with being the
most. bopelessly wicked in the State.
About year ago tramp Ut lnissionaIy
from no body kuowswhere, dropped down
in our midst and commenced a series OF
meetings in the court house. Our people
are Glow in believing that angels travel
around in disguise, and when the un-
known preacher ilaIsel iisrB IN Dis pill
2rimage and claimed that he was sent to
cave 81. George We had very little faith in
him. But he preseasd and sang III the
court house until he wes muetered out BY
the county court: Then he went to other
places and continued his labors until he
was finally given new suit Of clothes aud
told TO shake the dust from hts sandals
and move on. he moved on. But be had
the last fling a. US by writing to the papers
that there was in st. George band Of
heathens for whom theFs was 10 hope. /,
But. have confidence that the meeting
shortly 10 be held will not be attended by
SUCH results. -.
In educational matters Tucker county Is
alec approaching an equality with the
best in the State. Our disadvantages are
many and our opportunities few; but
everything is turned to account. We have
our full pfoportian Of students in the State
normal schools. Our public schools are
doing good work, and The grade of teach.
ess is rising go rapidly that we can hope
10 10 second 10 none in the near future.
Bnt tho best and ln9st proplsing part Of
our educational machinery is the St.
George Academy, which, under the man
agelnsnt Of Prof. A. ". Frederick, has
grown wonderfully in its influence. It is
now about to be united with the West
Virginia University, as Z departments and
from it students will BIO admitted to the
University without examination.
Nor hos the spirit oil pYoeYeea been pon-
fiued 10 education alone. A movement ia
now on foot to provide our county with
substantial iron bridges. It hes been a
great drawback to Gs that onr rapid and
dangerous river, and our creeks had no
bridges, and in times Of flood or ice they
could not be crossed, Two years ago a
proposition to spend $4,000 on bridges
was overwhelmingly voted down; but, a
reaction has now come about, and the
popular vote would to-day spend that
much, OF more, il necesaary.
When this has been done and the West
Virginia Central Railroad shall have been
extended on down Black Fork to Cheat
river, then We will lie in direct communi-
cation with the outside world, and then
we can have the means OF showing the
world that it has been only our isolated
situation that has 30 long kept us in the
back ground. {.
The municipal election Of St. George
passed off quietly few days ago, and in
The result the Prohibitionists claim VIC
tory, in electing man, without opposi.
ton, who has heretofore tried the realities
of both the Republican and Democrat
parties, aud now as ProhibitioniBt gains
his first victory. St. George has been
without a Mayor for some time, and has
prospered so much better without one
that many Of the people declared that
thew, did not want an election. They
practiced what they preachej, for in the
town of $50 or 800, tho candidate for
Mayor received only thirty-seven votes,
the rest OF the votes being blank, or not
cast at all, or cast scattering.
Immediately after the election there
was little episode OF fun. The Mayor.
elect promised many reforms, and among
others gave the email boys to believe that
he would repeal tho ordinance prohibiting
ooasting on the streets. 10 prove his
good intentions he went out with his
little sled and coasted down Hill street.
But the ordinance. WAS not yet repealed,
nor was he yet in office; and he was in
terrupted in his sport BY the policeman,
who arrested him. The people were
much exercised as to what they would do
with him. He refused to plead guilty and
went to trial, but the court could not ind
tho book Of ordinances, and the matter
was allowed to rest.
Thinking that the ordinance could not
be found, he instituted damage suit
against, the policeman ior arresting him.
But new .phaae was aeen when It was an.
nounced that, even II the ordinance
against cosating was lost there was yet one
against nuisance" which would cover
the case. And here the matter rests, and
wa have the unusual occurrence OF a
Mayor elect, held in the court Of this town
as nuisance" All parties are taking 1t